A police officer identified as Kabiru Odejimi had shot Bakare Idris dead.
The family members of a generator technician, Bakare Idris Demola, who was shot dead by the Nigerian Police in Oregun, Ikeja area, have demanded that the police release the corpse of their son and also ensure that justice is served.
A police officer identified as Kabiru Odejimi had allegedly shot dead Bakare Idris.
SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred in Oregon area of Ikeja on Sunday night.
Speaking with SaharaReporters, the brother of the deceased said the Idris was coming from an outing and was about to enter his house around Shrine in Ikeja when the incident occurred.
The family member explained that the police officer that shot Idris was not on duty when the act was carried out, noting that the policeman always came around to harass and torment people in the area.
The brother narrated, “On Sunday night, my brother was coming from a party around Oregun. On his way to Fela Shrine, where we stay, he heard a gunshot as he was about to enter the house.
"He noted that it was Kabiru (policeman) at a bus stop pursuing people. When he got to some steps to enter his house, he heard another gunshot again. The second shot was a straight one.
"Idris never knew that the bullet had touched him. On getting to the front of the house, he fell down. When he stood up, he discovered that something was gushing out of his body, which was his own blood.
"He later discovered it was a bullet wound; we rushed him to a nearby clinic for first aid but the policeman came and threatened everyone of us with a gun while he took Idris in his bus and they went away.
"We went to the police station looking for our brother but Idris was not there, when the station DPO called him, he said he took Idris to one faraway emergency centre where Idris died.
"The DPO questioned him what he was doing at the scene, since he was not on duty that night.
"The officer always comes around to harass and torment people a lot. He is worse than (the defunct) SARS. The police have refused to release the body of our brother to us; according to them, they want to carry out some tests on him including autopsy.”
"They are already prolonging the matter; we want to know what they want to do with our brother's body, because we don't want a situation where he would be tagged as a cultist which will deny us from getting justice," he added.